Ali Faez Atia

Club career The former graduate of the Ammo Baba Football School was born in 1994 and first made his league debut for Al-Sinaa and then Al-Karkh where he became a regular in one of the Iraqi league's youngest team before he moved north to four-time Iraqi league winners Erbil SC halfway through the 2012–2013 season for a -year deal worth 40m Iraqi dinars. before he joined Al Shorta.

Ali has played at every age group level for the Iraqi national team from U-14s to the senior team and by the age of just 21 had already represented Iraq at the Asian Cup, the WAFF Championship and the Gulf Cup.

In July 2016 Ali signed for Turkish Team Çaykur Rizespor. However, after a season which saw limited playing time and a relegation from the Süper Lig, Ali made his debut on August 20, 2016, as a center back playing the full 90 minutes against Konyaspor. Ali requested to leave the club, which was granted by a loan to former club Al Shorta.

In June 2018, he signed a one-year contract with Al Kharaitiyat SC.

Ali supported Al-Zawraa while he was growing up and cites Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso as his favourite player and is a Real Madrid fan. When he was handed his international debut by Serbian Vladimir Petrović in 2013 at the age of 18 years, 11 months and 5 days, he became one of the youngest players to represent Iraq. he scored a penalty on the following match to score in two back-to-back games.

International goals Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 26 December 2017 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 1–1 2–1 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup 2. 29 December 2017 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 2–0 3–0 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup 3. 10 September 2018 Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al-Farwaniyah 2–1 2–2 Friendly 4. 30 December 2022 Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium, Basra 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Honours

Al-Shorta Iraqi Super Cup: 2019

Iraq AFC Asian Cup fourth-place: 2015 Arabian Gulf Cup: 2023

Iraq U-23 AFC U-22 Championship: 2013

Iraq U-20 AFC U-19 Championship runner-up: 2012 FIFA U-20 World Cup 4th-place: 2013